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- Somalia Update
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Somalia: sure humanitarian crisis and possible "talibanization"
FOXNews.com - At Least 130 Dead in Fight for Somali Capital - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A fundamentalist Islamic force poured dozens of troops into the battle for a strategic road in Somalia's capital on Thursday in a clash with secular warlords that has left at least 130 dead — most passers-by caught in the crossfire — over the past five days.
The heavily armed reinforcements arrived in pickup trucks mounted with heavy machine guns. Fighters from both sides closed in on each other following a night of artillery exchanges that sent thousands of civilians fleeing the Sii-Sii neighborhood of northern Mogadishu. Mogadishu residents described it as the worst fighting in more than a decade of lawlessness. Thousands of families were fleeing the capital.
While tending to his wife in the hospital, Mohamud Jama said his three children were killed when three mortar rounds struck his house."This is the first time we have witnessed people fighting in Somalia and targeting civilians in such a savage way," Jama said.
Militia loyal to the Islamic Court Union have been fighting since Sunday to capture a strategic road through northern Mogadishu from the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counterterrorism. While the alliance has held the road through Sii-Sii, the courts have controlled the neighborhoods on either side.
Technorati Tags: Somalia, Islamic fundamentalism, Humanitarian crisis, UN, USA, Khoffi Annan, Mogadiscio, civil war, - 32 Dead As Somalia Al-shabab Militants Storm Hotel In Mogadishu
The ROP continues its terror campaign in Somalia with a suicide bombing at Mogadishu's Muna Hotel. Militants Storm Hotel in Somali Capital, Kill 32 Published August 24, 2010 Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A suicide bomber and gunmen wearing...
- The Crisis In Mogadishu
It has been a while since my last post and I thought I would update you on the crisis in Mogadishu. The leader of Somalia's Islamic movement has urged his countrymen to wage a "holy war" against Ethiopia. The call from Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, head...
- Al Qaida Now Controls Somalia
For those who have eulogized Al Qaida, here's some disturbing news: The commander of the Islamic militia that took control of the capital of Somalia is an Al Qaida fugitive. Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, believed to be 64, is no stranger to the U.S....
- Somalia Update
So much for the Islamic Courts giving power back to the people- they've now launched an attack on a town 55 miles away. Islamic fighters drove secular militiamen out of a strategic town in southern Somalia following a brief firefight early Wednesday,...
- War On Terror Reaches Somalia
Since the 11 September attacks on the United States Somalis have feared that their lawless country could become the setting for a battle between US-backed anti-terror forces and al-Qaeda sympathisers. Now it seems as though their worst fears may be coming...